Perplexing Plots: Popular Storytelling and the Poetics of Murder

Author/Contributor(s):	Bordwell, David
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Date:	01/17/2023
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

David Bordwell reveals how crime fiction, plays, and films made unconventional narrative mainstream. A sweeping, kaleidoscopic account written in a lively, conversational style, Perplexing Plots offers an ambitious new understanding of how popular culture has evolved over the past century.